South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center dedication

TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Visitors at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center pass by the center’s new Monkey Mansion tree house during its official dedication ceremony Wednesday. The tree house is made of a 400-year-old oak tree trunk section.

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES The South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center dedicated its new entrance marker Wednesday. The new sign that was designed and built by Dusty Durrill in honor of his late wife, Shirley, will mark the new entrance to the center.

TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Visitors gather inside the new education station building at the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center for refreshments after the official dedication of the building Wednesday.

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TODD YATES/CALLER-TIMES Michael Womack, executive director of the South Texas Botanical Gardens & Nature Center, talks about the growth and future of the center during a dedication ceremony Wednesday.